Wheat crop rotation and harvesting tips for profit
A farming note stresses disciplined crop rotation and timely wheat cutting to maximize profit. It recommends the self binder, careful stacking, small shocks, prompt threshing, and dry conditions, plus sanitation steps like cleaning granaries and using carbolic acid to curb vermin. It also describes a lightweight hinged crate for handling calves and young stock, noting spruce as ideal wood for strength and lightness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. J. Shepperd
St. Louis Journal of Agriculture
Feeding Calves and Farm Notes on Hogs and Eggs
Instructions describe a hinged back board feeding pail inside a pen to reduce spills. It cites Waldo F Brown and a Maine State college trial showing uncooked hog feed yields better gains. It also discusses guinea eggs, corn-rich feeds for baking, and Nebraska farming conditions with crop yields, weather impact, and alfalfa as a promising new ch crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Autton
Waldo F. Brown
Practical Farmer
Maine State College
Untitled note on Clover curing and mowing timing
A brief remark indicates clover cut at the proper time will cure and come out of the mow bright and green as when placed, implying favorable storage and readiness.
Crop-starting rules for ground preparation and sowing
Recap of methods for starting a crop advises light plowing followed by thorough harrowing, with deep irrigation if possible before sowing. Seed rate should be at least twenty pounds per acre and covered lightly, then rolling the field, and applying two to three inches of irrigation if available. C. W. Irish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Irish
Clover Haying Without Tedder Plans Widely Promoted
A Country Gentleman correspondent shares a timeless haying method avoiding hay tedders. Cut clover at bloom, dew off, mow, wilt in heat, rake into mid sized cocks, air through, then barn cure with straw on top to absorb moisture and prevent mold. If rain hits, cock again to avoid color and must.
Free Trip Offer with Clifton Heights Lot Sale
The notice promotes a Des Moines land plat offering 40 foot fronts at 225 dollars with a free state fair trip and Rattr ROAD FARE. It compares prices to church property, cites a county recorder certificate, and invites purchases before September 13, 1895. It cites Hon. J A T Hull and B S Walter as references and provides contact at 522 Walnut St.
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Iowa
Capitol
County Recorder
South Fort
Des Moines
First
Methodist Church
Clifton Heights
Annie E. Hersonn
Russell
J. A. T. Hull
Congress
Hull
Iowa Central Building and Loan Association
B. S. Walter
Walnut St
Bloomer Humor and the New Fashioned Woman
A humorous verse explores reactions to women wearing bloomers and the social shifts they imply. The speaker notes a jaunty boy, a complacent smile, and the altered facial expressions of women facing new attire. The poem remarks on practical worries and the need for a supportive husband.
Amazon Strategy Sparks Royal Confidence in War Attire
The King of Da homey declares Amazons no longer retreat and boasts superior thinking. He emphasizes the brain over a peanut and points to soldiers wearing uniforms that wrinkle in the back, claiming wise preparation. The Detroit Tribune reports the proclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dahomey
Detroit Tribune
Wandering Willie on the road in the comic papers
In a fragment from a 19th century page, a traveler named Willie riffs on a journey while Weary Ike guesses the wanderer is one of the new women figures in sensational comic papers. The exchange hints at popular culture of travel and fakey adventure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Ike
Robinson Crusoe
She Knows Now In Summer Country Fruit Picking Curious Visit
A visitor spent a summer in the countryside expressing fascination with local sights. She asks about fruit and how to harvest, while Farmer Corntassel explains that the plants offer more than beauty and the process of picking reveals what grows on them.
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Corntassel
Portage Stamp Request Provokes Clerk Exchange
Miss Buzbuz asks for five two cent stamps with assurance of quality. The drug clerk confirms availability and notes prior stamps stuck together after a week in her pocket. The exchange highlights a lighthearted vending room moment.
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Buzbuz
Great Fair travel and varied medical ads mix in Iowa notices
Des Moines and surrounding notices promote Iowa State Fair travel fares via D. M. N. & W. A. R. and advise bring no family for a day at the Great Fair. The page also features miscellaneous medical cures, household remedies, health tips, quack testimonials, and trivia from the era including librarianship growth and local advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
D. M
J. N. Trrremore
College Plan Aimed at Harsh Lesson for Local Youth
Farmer Corntessel and his wife discuss Josiar’s growing sass and shiftlessness. They resolve to send him to college next fall, believing severe hazing may finally discipline him. Washington Star reports the plan as their chosen remedy.
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Mandy
Washington Star
Berkshire Farmer-Waal and summer boarders chase income
The exchange notes a Berkshire farmer named Waal continuing his hog fattening work after summer boarders depart, describing his livelihood as maintaining hogs and pursuing the same farming routine as before.
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Waal
Happy by Comparison in the New York Mercury
A humorous aside from the New York Mercury features a quip about a man’s boil as he laments a domestic chore. The exchange shows light banter between characters Whackster McGinnis and others about marital life and a bothersome boil.
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McGinnis
George
New York Mercury
Training monkeys in South American cotton fields
A Cincinnati Tribune cartoon dialogue notes training monkeys to work in cotton fields in South America, with a skeptical remark about the comparison to human labor and a dismissive counterstatement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Wrest
South America
Cincinnati Tribune
Irish glazier silences groom with putty threat
An Irish glazier working on a window endures a groom's taunting. He finally warns him to back off or he will put a pane in his head without any putty, ending the exchange with a sharp quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Dickey
John R. Dickey Drug CO
Bristol, Tenn
Figs and Thistles Devotional Bits on Faith and Doubt
A compact sermon style reflection contrasts devil whisky prayer and faith. It cites Job theme and warns against hypocrisy while noting God’s sovereignty and the dangers in religious venturing without Christ. It emphasizes born from above and the price of success.
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Job
God
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U.S
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
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Allie
Elihu
Elidah
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Frankel Clothing Co
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Gibbon
Treasury Department
Washington
Mrs. Wilcox
President Andrew Jackson
Parker
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Librarian of
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Pierce
Academy
The
Sacred Heart
the Sacred Heart
Academy Sacred Heart
St. Joseph
Drake University
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MFG. CO
Randolph & Dearborn
Sts
Chicago
Vin de Cinchona Co
W.N.U
D.M
Frankel Clothing
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